Northridge vs Springfield

A side-by-side comparison of Northridge and Springfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Northridge and Springfield are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Springfield has the higher population (58,410 vs 7,546 in Northridge). Northridge has the higher median household income ($77,130 vs $45,883 in Springfield). Northridge has the higher median home value ($171,700 vs $107,600 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Northridge	Springfield
Population	7,546	58,410
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,130	$45,883
Median home value	$171,700	$107,600
Median gross rent	$1,054	$805
Housing units	3,317	28,007
Homeownership rate	77.4%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northridge	Springfield
Population	7,278 → 7,546 (+3.7%)	59,132 → 58,410 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$67,352 → $77,130 (+14.5%)	$39,332 → $45,883 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $171,700 (+28.6%)	$80,700 → $107,600 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,054 (+22.6%)	$730 → $805 (+10.3%)

Northridge

Population

7,2787,546

Median household income

$67,352$77,130

Median home value

$133,500$171,700

Median gross rent

$860$1,054

Springfield

Population

59,13258,410

Median household income

$39,332$45,883

Median home value

$80,700$107,600

Median gross rent

$730$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northridge	Springfield
Under 5	8.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.1%
75 and over	8.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northridge	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	70.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	17.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northridge	Springfield
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northridge	Springfield
Drove alone	88.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northridge	Springfield
1-unit, detached	81.3%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	8.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Northridge	Springfield
Poverty rate	12.1%	22.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1973	1952